Anthony's Chapel (Perná)
The Antoniuskapelle (Czech kaple Sv. Antonína ) is a former pilgrimage chapel on the district of Perná ( mountains ) in the Czech town of Okres Břeclav .
location
The ruin is located one kilometer northeast of the village Perná at the foot of the ridge Kotel ( boiler ) in the Pavlovské vrchy ( Pálava ) to an increased space above the vineyards . It is located in the Děvín-Kotel-Soutěska National Nature Reserve. In the north rises the Obora ( Häuselberg , 483 m nm), to the east the Pálava ( community mountain , 462 m nm).
Structural system
Only a semicircular piece of the outer wall with the niche for the figure of the saint, some fragments of the wall and a 27 m long and 6 m high walled stone wall are preserved. The ruins of the chapel offer a view of Perná and Dolní Dunajovice as well as the Stolová hora ( Table Mountain , 459 m nm) and the ruins of the Waisenstein castle .
The ruin is protected as a cultural monument.
history
After the end of the Thirty Years' War , an extraordinarily rich wine harvest followed in the area in 1650 . The winemakers from Bergen, Klentnitz and Muschau agreed to use part of the proceeds to build a den hll. Use the pilgrimage chapel dedicated to Anthony of Padua and Pancras . The chapel was completed in 1652.
A hermit lived by the chapel between 1720 and 1722; he received payment from the municipality of Bergen for ringing the bell and for managing the chapel.
At the end of the 18th century the chapel fell. In the course of the Josephine reforms in 1782 the hermitages were closed. A new church was built in Klentnitz in 1783; the congregation no longer showed any interest in the chapel. In 1784, Emperor Joseph II banned pilgrimages and processions. The chapel was abolished and its confiscated property flowed into the religious fund . In 1786, the Antonius Chapel was auctioned off as building material for demolition for 124 guilders. Her bell came to the Church of St. Nicholas in Bergen; it was lost as war metal during the Second World War.
After Emperor Leopold II once again allowed pilgrimages, the statue of Antonius, standing in a wall niche of the rubble, became the target of processions. In the second half of the 19th century, the ruins were mainly visited by pilgrims from Austria. Pilgrimages were stopped at the beginning of the 20th century. The figure of the saint was brought to Bergen in 1923.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '27 .7 " N , 16 ° 38' 14.7" E